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==Alternate method (for any version of any Toolkit application)== | ==Alternate method (for any version of any Toolkit application)== | ||
=== With MR-Tech Toolkit === | |||
#Install the [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/421/ MR-Tech Toolkit] extension. It can be installed in Firefox, Thunderbird, Sunbird, or in SeaMonkey 2.0pre and higher, but: | #Install the [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/421/ MR-Tech Toolkit] extension. It can be installed in Firefox, Thunderbird, Sunbird, or in SeaMonkey 2.0pre and higher, but: | ||
#* If possible, use a version of the extension compatible with your version of the application. If you are using an older version, you may need to click "View all versions" near the bottom of the page. | #* If possible, use a version of the extension compatible with your version of the application. If you are using an older version, you may need to click "View all versions" near the bottom of the page. | ||
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#You can now copy the Build ID to the clipboard by means of the new "Tools → Copy userAgent / Build ID → Copy Build ID only" menuitem. | #You can now copy the Build ID to the clipboard by means of the new "Tools → Copy userAgent / Build ID → Copy Build ID only" menuitem. | ||
=== With Nightly Tester Tools === | |||
# Install the [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/addon/nightly-tester-tools/ Nightly Tester Tools] extension. Same caveats as for MR-Tech Toolkit above. | |||
# Restart the application. | |||
# The menuitems "Tools → Nightly Tester Tools → Insert Build ID into Textbox" ''(if a text input box has focus)'' or "Tools → Nightly Tester Tools → Copy Build ID into Clipboard" ''(otherwise)'' are now available. What they copy includes the full User-Agent string, the 14-digit (in recent builds) build ID, and the Mercurial changeset. ''(In SeaMonkey and, I think, in Thunderbird, it is the '''comm-central, comm-aurora, comm-beta or comm-release''' changeset, not the one shared with Firefox, which appears in the'' <tt>about:buildconfig</tt> ''page).'' | |||
=== Pluses and minuses === | |||
* '''Advantage:''' This way you get the full build ID, sometimes with a better precision (up to the second in recent builds) than what appears at the bottom of the about: page. | * '''Advantage:''' This way you get the full build ID, sometimes with a better precision (up to the second in recent builds) than what appears at the bottom of the about: page. | ||
* '''Disadvantage:''' (obviously) This requires a third-party extension. | * '''Disadvantage:''' (obviously) This requires a third-party extension. | ||